Duplicate-whist board



(No Model.) I i v L'. G. THOMPSON. DUPLICATE WHIST BOARD.

No.,553,741 I Patented Jan. 28, 1896.

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NITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

LUCIUS CARROLL THOMPSON, OF ROLFE, PENNSYLVANIA.

DUPLlCATE-WHIST BOARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 553,741, dated January28, 1896.

Application filed July 15, 1895. Serial No. 556,044. (No model.)

To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that LLUoIUs CARROLL THOMP- SON, of Rolfe, in the county ofElk and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and ImprovedDuplicate-'hist Board, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

My invention relates to an improvement in duplicatewhist boards; and theobject of the invention is to provide a means for attaching the countersto the board, which means will be also employed for holding the cards inplace on the board; and a further object of the invention is to soconstruct the board that auxiliary counters may be placed thereon, whichin no manner confuse the regular counters, and, furthermore, to so formthe board that the corners at opposite sides will be of differentarrangement, so as to provide for a proper location of the board inoriginal and duplicate.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as will be'hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed outin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a plan view of the improved game-board, and Fig. 2 is atransverse section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the invention, the board A may be of any desiredmaterial and of any desired size, and is provided upon one side withopposing rounded corners 10, the corners at the opposite side beingsquare, as shown at 11 in Fig. 1, the board being made to approximate arectangular shape. In diagonally-opposite corners a circular scale 12 ismade, reading, for example, from 1 to 13 or more, and a pointer 14 isprovided for each scale, being adapted to extend over any one number inthe scale. Opposite each corner of the board, preferably, two eyelets 15are made therein, or equivalent openings are produced, and a cord 16,which may be elastic or nonelastic, is threaded through the aforesaideyelets so as to form four loops a, one being parallel with each side,and these loops are upon the upper face of the board, as shown in Fig.1, shorter loops a being at the corners and upon the under face of theboard, as shown in dotted lines in the same figure.

Each long loop a is provided with a pointer 17 held to slide thereon,which may be carried to any one of a row of figures 18, located on theboard, preferably within the loops a and parallel therewith. Thepointers 17 may be lifted up so that the packs of cards, or the handsplayed or to be played, may be placed one under each of the aforesaidloops a. Thus these loops serve not only as guides or pointers, butlikewise as a holder -or clamping device for the cards, and the countingmay be done either by means of the pointers 17 on theaforesaid' loops orthe pointers 14 on the corner dials.

The oval or rounded corners 10 are to be kept toward one person inoriginal play, and in duplicate play they are to be kept by theleft-hand adversary. Three of the indexed pointers 17 are of one color,while the fourth is to be of a different color and is adapted to d enotewhat person has had the lead. These pointers maybe made of celluloid, orof metal, or of any desired material.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A whist game-board provided on its upper side withfour rows of numerals parallel with its respective edges and forming anopen central rectangular field, a loop for each row of numeralsextending parallel therewith and formed of flexible material adapted tobe flexed upwardly to admit the cards thereunder and hold them down onthe board, and a pointer sliding on every loop and extending toward saidnumerals, substantially as described.

2. A whist game-board provided on its upper side with four rows ofnumerals forming a rectangle or square, a flexible strand laced throughthe corners of the board and forming four loops on the upper sidethereof parallel with the respective rows of numerals and a pointersliding on every loop and extending toward said numerals, substantiallyas described.

3. A whist game-board provided on its upper side with four rows ofnumerals forming a rectangle or square, a flexible strand laced throughthe board and forming four loops 011 ICO the upper side thereof parallelwith the respective rows of numerals, a sliding pointer on every 100pand extending toward the said numerals, circularly arranged numerals 0nthe upper face of the board at diagonally opposite corners and over thespaces Where the strand passes under the board, and a pivoted pointerWithin each of said circles, substantially as described.

LUCIUS CARROLL THOMPSON.

\Vitnesses:

E. O. ALDRICH,

P. F. BOGERT.

